Zophar
a friend of job. job 2:11.
historical examples
zophar hints, what is very true, that our judgment of our own conduct is imperfect.
expositor’s bible: the book of job robert watson
so the poem runs on to the end of the first answer to zophar.
short studies on great subjects james anthony froude
zophar had charged job with similar crimes, and no direct reply was given to the accusation.
expositor’s bible: the book of job robert watson
but zophar has noted the whole tendency of his argument to be heretical.
expositor’s bible: the book of job robert watson
zophar discourses of one who is openly unjust and rapacious.
expositor’s bible: the book of job robert watson
hence some have thought the p-ssage to be the missing speech of zophar.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 15, slice 4 various
zophar either does not appear at all, or maintains his former position with no new argument.
the bible story rev. newton marshall hall
zophar’s speech arouses him to answer, and he says zophar does not speak the truth.
the bible story rev. newton marshall hall
to a zophar every man is blind who does not see as he sees, and every word offensive that bids him take pause.
expositor’s bible: the book of job robert watson
zophar of naamath reproached thee with being a prater; but none of these good friends lent thee a crown.
a philosophical dictionary, volume 6 (of 10) franois-marie arouet (aka voltaire)
chirping, one of job’s friends who came to condole with him in his distress (job 2:11. the lxx. render here “king of the mineans” = ma’in, maonites, judg. 10:12, in southern arabia). he is called a naamathite, or an inhabitant of some unknown place called naamah.
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